Seasonal Forestry Operator

3 weeks ago

Guelph, Canada The City of Guelph Full time

About Our Organization:
When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.

As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options. Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning. Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.

Job Summary:
**Your role**:

- Perform duties related to stump removals, tree planting and tree maintenance and related services within the City’s parks while working outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Installation of wire basket tree stock and maintenance watering, within the City Parks and Rights-of-Way.
- Perform Operator support to aerial forestry crews, brushing and chipping.
- Operate various types of maintenance equipment and vehicles such as pickup truck, single axle dump with trailer, stump grinder, shovels, rakes, chainsaw, chipper, agricultural tractors, front-end loaders, skid steer, and small equipment including auxiliary attachments as required, in a safe and efficient manner.
- Carry out all necessary maintenance and adjustments while keeping the equipment in a safe, clean, and tidy condition, and perform daily circle checks and report defects and, if necessary, small repairs in a prescribed manner.
- Lead and instruct all support staff in the safe and efficient use, care and maintenance of tools and equipment, and maintenance practices.
- Remove and/or flag obstacles hazardous to employees or the public or that interfere with the safe operation of vehicles or equipment, and duly note and report such conditions to a Lead hand or Supervisor.
- Maintain daily written records of work related activities.
- Actively participate in a team environment.
- Comply with requirements of the Occupational Health & Safety Act, The Highway Traffic Act, all Federal, Provincial and City regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Complete daily activity time sheets; Report on variances in daily work plans.
- Immediately report vandalism, mechanical difficulties, and damage.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**:

- Experience and knowledge relevant to tree installation/tree maintenance and landscape maintenance/construction activities.
- Knowledge of all maintenance aspects of relevant equipment, including the attachments.
- Proficient time management skills and flexibility in adjusting within a variety of duties.
- A reliable self-starter, able to make decisions, function with mínimal supervision, and work as part of a team.
- Effective communication skills: ability to deal with the public in a cordial manner.
- Able to perform the physical demands of the job including lifting, kneeling and shovelling and be able to actively participate in daily activities, work within live traffic conditions and in all weather conditions.
- Requirement to obtain First Aid and CPR C certification prior to start date.
- Possess an understanding of the OTM Book 7 for Temporary Conditions, and knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and other applicable legislation.

**Rate**:
$29.84 per hour

**How to apply**:
**Sunday, February 12, 2023**. Please note all applicants must complete the online questionnaire specific to this position at the time they submit their resume and cover letter in order to be considered. Proof of qualifications will be requested at the interview stage.

The City of Guelph is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual needs in keeping with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact us to make your needs known in advance.

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